Date:1980 - 1981 (c.)
Description:One of four 18th century oriental figures which topped the front of a former tea warehouse at 4 Market Street. Made from a hard plaster known as Roman Cement, the figures were a form of advertisement at a time when tea was an expensive commodity. The shop was demolished in 1963 and the figures are now in the County Museum collection at Shugborough. This photograph was taken while the figures were at Stafford Museum & Art Gallery at The Green, Stafford.
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These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea ...
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Donor ref:P98.011.0038 (37/16958)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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